> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.podigee.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.podigee.com/documentation/start-here/ai-agents/mcp-prompts/distribution-guidance.md).

# distribution\_guidance

Reference for the \`distribution\_guidance\` MCP prompt.

Inspect distribution and choose the next platform action.

## Contract

| Property         | Value                   |
| ---------------- | ----------------------- |
| Prompt name      | `distribution_guidance` |
| Arguments        | None                    |
| Executes changes | No                      |

## Example request

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "prompts/get",
  "params": {
    "name": "distribution_guidance",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Result shape

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "description",
    "messages"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "properties": {
    "description": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "messages": {
      "type": "array",
      "minItems": 1,
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "role",
          "content"
        ],
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "properties": {
          "role": {
            "const": "user"
          },
          "content": {
            "type": "object",
            "required": [
              "type",
              "text"
            ],
            "additionalProperties": false,
            "properties": {
              "type": {
                "const": "text"
              },
              "text": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

The returned description is: Check where a show is live and what still needs doing.

The result contains one user-role text message. The prompt supplies operating guidance to the client. It does not call a tool, grant a scope, or confirm an action.

## Guidance supplied to the client

Call distribution\_status\_and\_guidance for one podcast. Read each status rather than the presence of a row: Podigee creates a row for every platform, so not\_submitted is the default and not a fault, and active is a webplayer toggle rather than a submission signal. When a platform is not\_submitted with manual\_submission\_required false, Podigee can submit it on the user's behalf, so offer submit\_to\_platform. When it is true, the platform owns the listing account: relay the one-time setup steps and say clearly that publishing afterwards is automatic. Never tell a user that a platform cannot be automated.

The client must still inspect tool results and follow the normal preview, confirmation, idempotency, and durable-operation contracts.

## Related tools

* [`distribution_status_and_guidance`](/documentation/start-here/ai-agents/mcp-tools/distribution-status-and-guidance.md)
* [`submit_to_platform`](/documentation/start-here/ai-agents/mcp-tools/submit-to-platform.md)


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